Clinical trials: Emergency Medical Services
Matched-Pair Analysis, Blood Gas Analysis
Mathematical Arterialization of Venous Blood Gas
Objective: Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis is essential in the clinical assessment of potential acutely ill patients. Venous to arterial conversion (v-TAC), a mathematical method, has recently been developed to convert…
- Conditions
- Matched-Pair Analysis, Blood Gas Analysis, Emergency Service, Hospital
- Trial name
- NCT03309410
- Testing
- Venous to arterial conversion (v-TAC)
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
Emergencies, Diabetes Mellitus
Geography of ED Use and Population Health
The goal of this study is to create predictive models of emergency care and metrics for population health that can be used to analyze how events like hospital closures or disasters like Hurricane Sandy affect health care…
- Trial name
- NCT03254524
- Testing
- Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System Database
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Epilepsy
Emergency Medical Services and Epilepsy in Switzerland
Retrospective data analysis, all emergency medical services of the city of Zurich interventions due to epileptic convulsions during June 2013 and December 2014 have been analyzed regarding the type of drug used, its application…
- Trial name
- NCT03346382
- Volunteers
- 584 people
- Sponsor
- Theusinger Oliver M.
Pediatric Emergency Care
The Effect of Using a Stress Ball and Watching Cartoons on Fear and Pain Levels During Enemas in Children Aged 6-12
Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of using a stress ball and watching cartoons during the enema procedure-performed as part of the diagnosis and treatment process-on the levels of fear and pain in children…
- Trial name
- NCT07754136
- Testing
- Cartoon watching group, Stress ball group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 174 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tarsus University
Heart Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital, Wounds and Injuries
Pediatric Prehospital Airway Resuscitation Trial
This study is a Phase 3, multi-center, Bayesian Adaptive Sequential Platform Trial testing the effectiveness of different prehospital airway management strategies in the care of critically ill children.
- Conditions
- Heart Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital, Wounds and Injuries, Respiratory Insufficiency in Children, Child, Only
- Trial name
- Pedi-PART (NCT06364280)
- Testing
- BVM, SGA, ETI
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Trauma, Injury
Data-Driven Lay First Responder Program in Cameroon
Cameroon experiences a high burden of injury-related morbidity and mortality and currently lacks a formal pre-hospital care system.
- Trial name
- K-LFR Project (NCT07581327)
- Testing
- Lay First Responder (LFR) training
- Where
- Cameroon
- Volunteers
- 1,812 people
- Sponsor
- Sabrinah Christie
Out-of-hours Care Services, Primary Healthcare
The Effect of Substitution of Out-of-hours Care From General Practitioners to Nurse Practitioners
The aim of this study is to explore the effects of substitution in out-of-hours primary care. In consecutive stages an extra General Practitioner (GP) is substituted by a Nurse Practitioner (NP) aiming at replacing 3 out of 4 GPs…
- Trial name
- NCT02407847
- Testing
- care provided by Nurse Practitioners
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 9,647 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
After-hours Care
Differentiated Access to Out-of-hours Primary Care Through Emergency Access
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to test the use of an emergency button that allows patients to jump the telephone waiting line at the out-of-hours primary care in two regions in Denmark if they perceive their…
- Trial name
- Akutknappen (NCT02572115)
- Testing
- Akutknappen - used, Akutknappen - not used
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 7,385 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Abdominal Pain, Isolated Extremity Fracture
Morphine or Ketamine for Analgesia
Pain is common in children presenting to the emergency department but is frequently undertreated, leading to both short- and long-term consequences.
- Conditions
- Abdominal Pain, Isolated Extremity Fracture, Pain, Pediatrics
- Trial name
- MoKA (NCT06835504)
- Testing
- Ketamine hydrochloride, Morphine sulphate
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,010 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Traumatic Brain Injury
Prehospital Traumatic Brain Injury
The aim of the study is to measure the effect of Finnish physician-staffed EMS unit treatment methods on traumatic brain injury (TBI) patient prognosis.
- Trial name
- NCT01454648
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 458 people
- Sponsor
- Tampere University Hospital
Pneumonia
Can the Thoracic Replace the Conventional Radiography for the Diagnosis of Acute Pneumonia in Children?
The Thoracic ultrasound is a safer and sensitive technique than conventional radiography because it detects less than 1 cm pneumonic consolidations and minimal pleural effusions.
- Trial name
- NCT02781363
- Testing
- Thoracic ultrasound, CXR
- Where
- Spain
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya
Field Physician Care, Analgesics
Analgesia in ÖAMTC Helicopter Emergency Service in Austria
A sufficient analgesia in injured or sick people is the main goal of physicians treating a patient. In emergency medicine potent analgesia like ketamine or opioids are routinely used.
- Conditions
- Field Physician Care, Analgesics, Hypnotics, Emergencies
- Trial name
- NCT03760302
- Testing
- analgesics, hypnotics
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 35,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University Innsbruck
Asthma, Medical Informatics
A Reminder System for Paper-Based Asthma Guidelines in the Pediatric Emergency Department
The primary idea is that the use of a computerized reminder system to help with the guideline implementation will increase utilization and adherence of guideline-driven care, leading to improved patient outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT00699439
- Testing
- Paper-based asthma flow diagram
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Otitis Media, Urinary Tract Infection
ParentLink: Better and Safer Emergency Care for Children
The emergency department (ED) constitutes a high-risk environment for errors and poor quality of care. Pediatric patients are at increased risk of medical errors.
- Conditions
- Otitis Media, Urinary Tract Infection, Asthma, Head Injury
- Trial name
- NCT00457600
- Testing
- patient-driven health IT product
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Cyanide Poisoning
Hydroxycobalamin and Rural Emergency Medical Services Cyanide Exposure Patients: A Cost Analysis
The costs to a rural emergency medical services (EMS) system of a change from a traditional cyanide antidote kit to a kit containing hydroxocobalamin alone are currently unknown.
- Trial name
- NCT01656616
- Testing
- Cyanide antidote administration
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- MaineHealth
Drowning, Drowning; Anoxia
The Emergency Call on Drowning
This study aims to 1) describe patient-, setting-, and dispatcher-related characteristics in drowning-related emergency calls to the Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre (1-1-2 emergency phone) and 2) factors associated with 30-day…
- Conditions
- Drowning, Drowning; Anoxia, Drowning, Near, Drowning; Asphyxia
- Trial name
- DROWN_CALL (NCT06310486)
- Testing
- Drowning-related OHCA, Drowning-related non-OHCA
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- Prehospital Center, Region Zealand
Asthma
Randomised Controlled Trial of a Multi-faceted Community-based Intervention to Improve Asthma in Children
The objectives of this trials are to demonstrate, in children with poorly controlled asthma, that an intervention to increase the awareness and the impact of poor asthma control among parents and physicians of affected children…
- Trial name
- NCT00238888
- Testing
- asthma control awareness, Usual care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 298 people
- Sponsor
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Asthma
Digital Action Plan for Asthma Attacks
It is recommended that patients with asthma owned a written action plan which must include the names, doses and dosing of the treatment they should take when acute respiratory symptoms occur.
- Trial name
- PANAME (NCT02869958)
- Testing
- Digital action plan for asthma exacerbations + Written action plan, Written action plan
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 280 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Emergency Service, Hospital, Air Pollution
Modelling of Correlation Between Emergency Department Admissions and Location-specific Air Quality and Weather in the Florence Urban Area
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the impact of primary air pollutants and weather parameters on emergency department (ED) visits in the metropolitan area of Florence.
- Conditions
- Emergency Service, Hospital, Air Pollution, Weather
- Trial name
- NCT06491290
- Testing
- No intervention administered
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 480,000 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
Terminal Illness, Heart Arrest
End-of-life Practices in 2019 vs. 2014
In 2014, the authors conducted a survey of key opinion leaders on ethical resuscitation practices in 31 European Countries. The authors administered a comprehensive questionnaire to 1-2 "experts" from each country…
- Conditions
- Terminal Illness, Heart Arrest, Ethics, Narrative
- Trial name
- NCT04078815
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium, Greece
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- University of Athens